Disk wheel structure



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DISK WHEEL STRUCTURE Filed Sent. 29, 1920 9 J0 INVE/YTOR. /15 Wa/ferfiAU/won BY Y H ATTORNEY Patented Aug.- 14, 1923.

i B. ALLISON, OF BUFFALO. NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR I WHEEL COMPANY, INC., OF BUFFALO, NEW

TO HARVEY RIM AND YORK.

- nrsx WHEEL s'rRUorURE.

Application filed September 29, 1920: Serial No. 413,474.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER B. ALLIsoN,

\a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, county of Erie, State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disk Wheel Structures; and

v I do declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the same, reference 1 being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application. 4

This invention relates to improvements in vehicle wheel construction, and'particularly to automobile wheels, the principal object being to apply disks as arranged and shown in application for Patent, No. 282,935, filed March 15th, 1919, to the standard hub and rim provided with wire spokes.

wheel-parts togetherso as toprovidea'rigid structure, and without the use of bolts or rivets of any kind, thus not only improving the appearance of the wheel, but reducing the expense of manufacture.

It is especially proposed to apply the disks to the wire wheels when the latterare turned in to be made over', or the spokes'have been damaged by accident, thus enabling the main parts of the wheel-the hub and rimto be used over again without the expense of installing new spokes, the old ones of which are of course first removed before applying the disks.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

The figure on the drawings is a sectional view of the wheel.

Referring now more'par'ticularly t0 the.

then curled inwardly as at 4. At the inner end of the hub sleeve is an enlarged ring 5 for the reception of the axle flange, which is commonly provided with driving lugs arranged to fit in orifices 6 provided in the wall 7 which connects the ring 5 with the sleeve 3. The edge of the ring 5 opposit A further object 'is'to secure the disks andsaid wall are formed with an outwardly pro- Jecting and curved heading as at 8.

The rim 2 comprises. a ring 9, the outer edge of which is curled inwardly and then outwardly to form an enlarged beading as at 10. so that a smooth rounded surface is presented. The inner edge of the rim is pro- To these parts I attach disks, preferably three in number, there being an outer disk 12, an intermediate disk 13, and an inner disk 14;. v Y The intermediate disk 13 is mounted first, and ad aCent its outer periphery is pressed or corrugated outwardly as at 15 to fit the curvature of the heading 10 of the rim, to which it is welded, while at its inner edge said disk is bent to fit inside the ring 5, as at 16, to which ring it is likewise welded. This disk extends from theouter edge of the rim to the inner end of the hiib. Y

The outer disk 12 may then be attached, this disk being bent at its outer edge to fit over the outer edge of the disk 13, and also at its inner edge to conform to the curvature ofthe portion 4 of the hub, to which portion the disk is welded. The outer disk is preferably conve'xly curved, while the intermediate disk is oppositely curved, this feature adding to thestrength of the wheel and enabling the disks to be made thin and light. 1

v The inner disk 14 which is substantially flat, is attached to the outer surface of the rim flange 10 by being weldedthereto, as at 17, while its inner edge is bent to fit in the ring 5 but to lay over the similar portion of the disk 13, to which portion it is welded.

From the foregoin description it will be readily seenuthat I ave produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to and do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to se cure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a disk wheel structure comprising vided with anoutwardly projecting flange .11.

with the standard rim and hub of the wirespoke type Wheel, an inner disk extending between the inner edges of the rim and hub, said disk being welded to the vertical rimedge and being-bent into the hub around said inner ed e and being welded thereto,

and an outer isk having an outwardly projecting flange following the contour of and lying against the hub and being Welded thereto, said outer disk adjacent its other periphery being fixed to the corresponding rim-edge.

2. A disk wheel structure comprising with the standard rim and hub of the Wire=sp0ke type wheel, an inner disk extending between the inner edges of the rim and hub, said disk outer side of the rim andextendin being welded to the vertical rim-edge and being bent into the hub around said inner edge, an intermediate disk engaging and being welded to the inner face and edge of the to and into the hub at the inner end thereof and being welded thereto, the adjacent and overlapping portion of the inner disk being welded to the intermediate disk, and an outer disk extending from the outerend of the hub and being welded thereto," to. the

outerside of the run, overlapping the intermediate disk thereat and being welded to said intermediate disk. 1

In testimony whereof I afiix my si ature.

' WAUIER B. ALLI S ON 

